πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core MP.1
🚀 Challenge puzzles
Make sense of problems and keep at them (puzzles that need thinking, not a known method)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1One 🍓 weighs the same as 2 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
2One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
3Every row, column, and diagonal makes 30. What number goes in the top right box?
Answer: ______________
4One 🍌 weighs the same as 3 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
5One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
6One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
7One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
8One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
10Sam spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $2 on a snack. Now there is $4 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
11In a magic square, every row, column, and diagonal makes the same total. What total does each line make?
Answer: ______________
12One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 3
- 2. 4
- 3. 7
- 4. 2
- 5. 6
- 6. 6
- 7. 14
- 8. 8
- 9. 16
- 10. 12 dollars
- 11. 39
- 12. 21
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